According to my wife's reading, if cheese gets little spots of surface mold on it under the wax, that usually means it wasn't dry enough before being waxed. The internet says either let it dry longer it dry it in a drier place.

Anyway, here it is. I need to do some cosmetic stuff to it, stain on the raw edges, maybe stick those round dohickies on the the top and round out some corners. Plus I need to calibrate it. I used my grain scale to get an idea of what 10 pounds of pressure would take, not much, depending on where I pushed on the fulcrum lever.

I'm happy with it because it is the look I was going for and I had the wood on hand. This litttle (it's not that little unfortunately) cost me $7.83 for a bottle of Elmer's wood glue and some hardware. Okay, maybe I"m bragging there. This thing just worked out very affordable for me.

I'm just getting into this cheese making thing. We're homebrewers who make their own beer. I think we are all in some sort of naturalist state of mind. What goes along with letting bugs work on things we love. Cheese! It's natural!

Thanks Steve! I look forward to putting this thing into action. The mozzarella turned out pretty good and was so simple to make. I used the microwave method but want to learn the hot water batch method, seems more ligit. It was great on pizza. The homemade crust turned out decently but I'm a bit out of practice making bread. I'm think I'm going to get another sourdough starter going. I tried it once before but it never really flourished here in the valley. Maybe it has something to do with all the spraying in this valley. I had one for three years in Hawaii, sourdough loves Hawaii, the desert too. I'll give it another try.

Anyway, here it is. I need to do some cosmetic stuff to it, stain on the raw edges, maybe stick those round dohickies on the the top and round out some corners. Plus I need to calibrate it. I used my grain scale to get an idea of what 10 pounds of pressure would take, not much, depending on where I pushed on the fulcrum lever.

I'm happy with it because it is the look I was going for and I had the wood on hand. This litttle (it's not that little unfortunately) cost me $7.83 for a bottle of Elmer's wood glue and some hardware. Okay, maybe I"m bragging there. This thing just worked out very affordable for me.